Intricate, but natural, details found inside acorns during the Affair With the Arts, an event for local artisans to showcase their goods and demonstrate their craft on the lawn of the Martha Washington Hotel & Spa, in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Copyright 2013 Jason Barnette
Tom Ilowiecki shows how, if cut just properly, a heart shape will appear inside an acorn, which he then filled with a decoration, at the Affair With the Arts, an event for local artisans to showcase their goods and demonstrate their craft on the lawn of the Martha Washington Hotel & Spa, in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Copyright 2013 Jason Barnette
Tom Ilowiecki, owner of Knot Art from Mendota, demonstrates wook turning at the Affair With the Arts, an event for local artisans to showcase their goods and demonstrate their craft on the lawn of the Martha Washington Hotel & Spa, in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, October 5, 2013. Copyright 2013 Jason Barnette